#999CC0#999CC0

#999CC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.053 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CC0
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(235, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(235, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 6.61, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 20.01, 289.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0102 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.053 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5375, 34.3544, 54.6704)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CC0 #C0BD99

analogous

#99AFC0 #999CC0 #AA99C0

triadic

#999CC0 #C0999C #9CC099

tetradic

#999CC0 #C099AF #C0BD99 #99C0AA

square

#999CC0 #C099AF #C0BD99 #99C0AA

split-complementary

#999CC0 #C0AA99 #AFC099

monochromatic

#55598A #7377A9 #999CC0 #BFC1D7 #E5E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#999CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#999CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CC0

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CC0	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.053 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d3',
    500: '#999cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cc0;
$custom-light: #b7b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70279,
    "c": 0.05258,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CC0

secondary

#E0E0D4

accent

#9B43A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CC0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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